Summary:
- The Sierra Madre mountain range in the Philippines helps weaken the strength of typhoons that hit the country, but it does not completely stop them.
- As typhoons approach the Sierra Madre, the mountains force the winds to rise, which causes the storms to lose some of their power and intensity.
- However, the mountains are not high enough to completely block the typhoons, so the storms are still able to pass through and continue affecting other parts of the Philippines.